Knitting accessory



Oct. 3, 1950 v. BElRl-:R

KNITTING ACCESSORY Filed April 11, 1949 ZJNVENTOA Vk-ofd Beire( v AHorney Patented Oct. 3, 1950 KN1TT1NG ACCESSORY Viktoria Beirer, Wattens, Tyrol, 'Austria vAnimation April 11, 1949, serial No. 86,849

My invention relates to knitting accessories. In many cases, in hand knitting, two differently colored yarns are used for achieving designs of two colors in the knitting. The usual procedure in knitting with two differently colored yarns is to make one or more stitches with one of the colored yarns, thenone or more stitches with the second of the colored yarns, and so on, in which case the knitter is faced with the difficulty of keeping the proper yarn in the knitting position. Keeping the diierently colored yarns separated and presenting the proper yarn to the knitting position is ordinarily done by manipulating the ngers, which is diicult and not always accurate, causing stitches to be dropped in the knitting process, or causing the wrong colored yarn to be stitched out of its proper turn.

Therefore I have devised a knitting accessory of simple design, to fit over the index finger of the left hand, having articulately mounted arm or lever means in connection therewith for holding and reversing one of the colored yarns in either the forward knitting position or in the rearward, out of the way, position.

A most important object of my invention is to provide a knitting accessory of the above described character having yarn holding eyes formed in ear portions on the body of the knitting device for maintaining one of the differently colored yarns in a normal knitting position.

A further important object oi my invention is to provide a knitting accessory having an articulate arm or lever element on the end of which a yarn holding eye is formed for maintaining the second of the differently coloredyarns in-either a forward knitting position or a `rearward-nonknitting position. f

A further object of my invention is to provide a knitting accessory in which the said ear portions act as stops forthe articulate arm element.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a knitting accessory of such simple design as to permit its economical manufacture and production in large quantities.

Other objects and advantages inherent in my invention will be disclosed in the following description and the accompanying illustrations, in which like parts are referred to by like numerals and in which:

Fig. l is a side view of my invention showing the articulate arm or lever element in both forward and backwardly tilted positions.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my invention shown mounted upon the index finger of a left hand, drawn in phantom lines and showing a 4 Claims. (Cl. 66-125) piece of knitting with knitting needles held, with two differently colored yarns attached thereto,

and properly threaded through the eye portions of my knitting accessory.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my invention shown mounted on the index nger of a left hand similar to the view in Figure 2, and showing the lever element with its yarn in a rearward position.

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view of my invention taken substantially on line 4 4 on Fig. l.

Fig. 5 is atop view of my invention taken looking in the direction of arrows 5-5 on Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is an end view of my invention taken looking in the direction of arrows 6-6 on Fig. 5.

Fig. 1 is an end view of my invention taken Ylooking in the direction of arrows 1 1 on Fig. 5.

yor lever element I5 which is pivoted at I to the center of body element 9, in alignment with the said ear portions Ill and Il. The ear portion Ii, besides acting as a stop for lever I5, also is provided with an ear portion eye guide I2. A side V,ear portion I3 is formed at right angles to the .plane of ear portion Il and is centrally located on body means 9. A side portion eye guide Ill is formed in side ear portion I3 in approximately the same vplanevas ear portion eye guide I2. A

llever eye guide I1 is formed on theV free end of articulatearm or lever element I5.

To use my invention in connection with knitting, the knitting accessory 8 is placed on the index linger 22 of the hand 23, as shown in Figures 2 and 3. The end of a strand of colored yarn, designated I9, is threaded through eye guides I2 and I4. The end of a second, differently colored yarn, I8 is passed over the index Y finger 22 and knitting accessory 8 and threaded through guide I1 in articulate arm or lever element I5. The knitting 2|, together with knitting needle 20 which is inserted in knitted loops 26, is customarily held Ibetween the thumb and second nngers yof the left hand. The knitting 3 needle 28' is manipulated by the right hand, not shown.

The other ends 24 and 25 of the differently colored yarns are passed beneath the palm of the hand and toward the knitting supply.

Figure 2 shows the yarn I8, threaded through the guide Il in articulate lever I5. The said yarn I8 is maintained in the forward or knitting position for the proper number of stitches. When it is desired to knit using the yarn I9, the articulate lever I5 is i'iipped backwardly to rest against ear Il, as shown in Figure 3. The above described action places the knitting portion of yarn I8 to the rear of the knitting portion of yarnY I9, leaving the said colored yarn I 9 in the proper forward knitting positions. Thus, by the simple act of nipping articulate arm or lever element I5 from its rest against stop ear portion IU, which is the forward knitting position, to its rest against stop ear portion. l i which is its rearward non-knitting position, the knitting portions of the yarns I 8 and I9 are easily and conveniently reversed at will, without the danger of their becoming twisted.

In ordinary knitting, and without the use of my knitting accessory, when knitting with two differently colored yarns, a considerable amount of the attention must be directed toward keeping the proper yarn to be knitted in the forward knitting position. By using my knitting accessory the placement of the knitting portion of the differently colored yarns' I8 and l is automatically achieved by the simple expedient of flipping lever i5 forwardly or backwardly, thus relieving the knitter of the strain of this constant attention.

My knitting accessory further serves to keep vthe differently colored knittingyarns from becoming tangled while the knitting is laid away and also prevents stitches from being pulled loose.

Although I have herein described rather succinctly the nature and use of my invention so that persons skilled in the art will have no diiculty apprising themselves of the teachings thereof and, inasmuch as the disclosure is susceptible of various alterations, modifications, and improvements, I hereby reserve the right to all modications, alterations, and improvements falling within the scope and spirit of my invention, as well as any modifications that are embraced suggestively in the accompanying drawings, and any that may come within the purview of the foregoing description; my invention to be limited only by the appended claims.

Having thus disclosed and revealed my invention, what I claim as new and desireV to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. Knitting accessory means comprising, a split thimble body element adapted to be removably secured to a nger of the human hand, a pair of ear portions emanating from the said split thimble body element disposed in transverse relationship, and articulate lever means lsecured to the outer surface of the said split thimble body element with its fulcrum in triangulated relationship with the said pair of ear portions, the said articulate lever means and the said ear portions being provided with yarn guide means.

2. Knitting accessory means comprising, a split thimble body element adapted to be removably secured to a nger of the human hand, a pair of ear portions emanating from the said split thimble body element disposed in transverse relationship, and articulate lever means secured to the outer surface of the said split thimble body element with its fulcrum in triangulated relationship with the said pair of ear portions, the said articulate lever means and the said ear portions being providedA with yarn guide means, the said yarn guide means on the said ear portions guiding a primary yarn to the knitting operator and the said yarn guide means on the said articulate lever means making optionally and alternately available a seoondary yarn.

3. Knitting accessory means comprising, a split thimble body element adapted to be removably secured to a finger of the human hand, a pair of ear portions emanating from the said split thimble body element disposed in transverse relationship, articulate lever means secured to the outer surface of the said split thimble body element with its fulcrum in triangulated relationship with the said pair of ear portions, the said articulate lever means and the said ear portions being provided with yarn guide means, and an ear stop portion disposed in opposed relationship with one ear portion of the said pair of ear portions cooperating with said one ear portion to provide limiting stops for the movement of the said articulate lever means.

4. Knitting accessory means comprising, a split thimble body element adapted to be removably secured to a finger of the human hand, a pair of ear portions emanating from the said split thimble body element disposed in transverse relationship, articulate lever means secured to the outer surface of the said split thimble body element with its fulcrum in triangulated relationship with the said pair of ear portions, the said articulate lever means and the said ear portions being provided with yarn guide means, the said yarn guide means on the said ear portions guiding a primary yarn to the knitting operator and the said yarn guide means on the said articulate lever means making optionally and alternately available a secondary yarn, and an ear stop portion disposed in opposed relationship with one ear portion of the said pair of ear portions cooperating with said one ear portion to provide limiting stops for the movement of the said articulate Ylever means.

BEIRER, VIK'I'ORIA.

No references cited. 

